Music Reviews
Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body (Song)
Soul Meets Body is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their record Plans. The track opens up with a mid-paced tempo before a definitive rhythm is established primarily by the drums and the vocals come in with a gentle delivery characteristic of Death Cab For …
MGMT - Kids (Song)
Kids is a song by MGMT which appears on their second album, Oracular Spectacular. I’m sure that just about anyone who listens to modern radio has heard this song at least once, starting with the very distinct and recognizable synthesizer opening. I will admit that Kids is a fun …
Animal Collective - Meet The Light Child (Song)
Meet The Light Child is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second record, Danse Manatee. Opening up with somewhat of a lazy drone-like sound, Meet The Light Child shares a problem with some of the tracks on Animal Collective’s previous album in that the vocals get …
Sledding With Tigers - Sledding With Tigers/Kids Split (Album)
Sledding With Tigers/Kids Split is a split release from Sledding With Tigers and KIDS put out in 2011. Just as a note, I will be focusing this review strictly on the four of eight tracks that Sledding With Tigers contributed to the record. The biggest issue with their songs …
Now Comes the Night, a song by Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas, lead singer of the popular rock band Matchbox 20, has quickly grown to become one of the most influential songwriters of the last 20 years. As a solo artist, Thomas has written and performed with influential artists such as Carlos Santana and Joss Stone. He has also …
Frank Zappa- Montana ( song)
In the song Montana off the Apostrophe album Zappa explains his life as if he were a cattle rancher in the state of Montana. The vocals in this song are interesting because Frank utilizes a lot of metaphors like dental floss being compared to rope it’s kind of funny. …
Quiet Riot
In the country that I live in, not many people listen to rock music and heavy metal music. There is a small rock and heavy metal scene here, but most radio stations will rarely play rock music and hard rock music, and none of them have played heavy metal …
Metallica - St. Anger (Music Video)
Overview —“ St. Anger, the title track of Metallica’s 2003 release is one of many tracks that fans couldn’t stop criticizing and insulting. I don’t want to make this whole review where I give my opinion on the actual album itself, because I didn’t like it either, but this …
Longer by David Archuleta, American Idol 2008
Longer is a song originally sang by Dan Fogelberg. I may say that the song is wonderfully written and truly inspiring. I have never heard anyone else gave a rendition of this song except David Archuleta.
David Archuleta is a runner-up in American Idol 2008. In the final performance night, …
With Everything by Joel Houston
“Open our eyes, to see the things that make your heart cry, to be the church that you would desire, your light to be seen”. This is the first lyrics of the song by Joel Houston that I really appreciate since it was symbolic but with meaning to my …
The Gorillaz - Every Planet We Reach Is Dead (Song)
Every Planet We Reach Is Dead is a song by The Gorillaz which appears on their album Demon Days. The track opens up with a rhythm that I think could best described as fairly lazy. I also do not mean to use this term in a negative connotation here, …
Complicated Music Video of Avril Lavigne
Complicated is a single of Avril Lavigne from her debut album Let Go. The story is Avril and her band crash the mall. They are harassing shoppers and causing havoc inside the mall. Her male band mates tried the clothes for woman and Avril is describing it in these …
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions — Bruce Springsteen
In 2006, Bruce Springsteen released We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, an outstanding collection of traditional songs either written by Pete Seeger or recorded by him early in his career. This CD of traditional folk songs and spirituals, with the combination of Springsteen, an wonderful group of supporting musicians, …
Seal
Seal is a British musical artist and his album “seal” released in 1994 is produced by Trevor Horn. The tracks on the album include:
1.Bring it on(3.37)this track has some good vocal and the lyrics are great.Great opening track to this album. I would rate 4 out of 5/
2.Prayer for …
KISS DOUBLE PLATINUM
DOUBLE PLATINUM
Uh oh. Double Platinum was becoming the start of a problem KISS would face: creative burnout and commercialism by way of rereleasing material that had beenout in circulation WIDELY only just recently.
The idea behind this greatest hits package was to release a double album featuringall the top …
Boney M Gold
Long before the fiasco of Milli Vanilli, producer Frank Farian gathered Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell together to form Boney M. Boney M was one of the most prominent Euro Disco bands of the 1970’s and 1980’s, particularly in Britain. While Mitchell and Barrett did …
Weezer - King (Song)
King is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled record, otherwise known as The Red Album. Like other songs on The Red Album such as Cold Dark World or Thought I Knew, King isn’t a song sung by Weezer’s lead vocalist, Rivers Cuomo. Because of this, King …
Nirvana Nevermind
Nirvana’s Nevermind was released in 1991, produced by Butch Vig and released on DGC Records. The album features 12 tracks and a hidden track entitled Endless Nameless on most versions of the album. This is a classic album, considered one of the best albums of the 90’s, or even …
Matt Nathanson’s “Modern Love” Album
Matt Nathanson’s newest album “Modern Love” is my favorite album of the year. I have never been a hardcore Matt Nathanson fan in the past. While I, like the rest of the Top 40 world, love “Car Crash” and “Come on Get Higher,” as a compilation, his latest album …
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
The first time I heard this song was at an open air food court while having supper with a friend. I liked it a lot, and after that I went straight to get an MP3 copy of it from the Internet, burnt it into a CD and have been …
City of Joy soundtrack CD
In my top five of Patrick Swayze films is City of Joy, the story of a suicidal young doctor (okay, they edited the suicidal part out of the released film, but that’s who he was) who travels to India and ends up being rejuvenated. It’s a marvelous film …
Katatonia The Great Cold Distance CD
Katatonia is a great band. They always have been. The actual music of the band is complex, inventive and catchy, all without being “sold out” or “poppy”. “The Great Cold Distance” is no exception. The instrumentation is complex, edgy, hard and very evolved from their previous works. There is …
Gene Simmons CD ***hole
One of my favorite cds right now is Gene Simmons ***HOLE. A lot of people may be turned off by the title, but I think if you listened to it, the title soon would be forgotten.
The CD contains thirteen songs, one of which bears the ***hole title. …
Metallica - All Within My Hands (Song)
All Within My Hands is a song by Metallica which appears on their record St. Anger. The song opens up with a fast tempo and the unfortunate drum tone that Lars Ulrich had throughout this entire album. Nevertheless, Hetfield’s riff can slightly make up for it, despite its …
Rob Thomas, solo music recording artist
As the front man of the popular Florida band Tabitha’s Secret and later of the more globally known Matchbox 20, Thomas performed very well. However, I feel that his most profound songwriting and performing ventures have been as a solo recording artist.
‘Smooth’ is a song with a slightly Spanish …
The Beatles - Please Please Me
With the Beatles catalog recently released in remastered form, the time is right to take another look at these albums and see how they hold up. In this review I’ll discuss the Beatles first album, “Please Please Me”.
With the song “Please Please Me” at number 1 on the UK …
My World- Justin Bieber
Whatever people say about Justin Bieber i just kind of blow over. If you actually listen to his music theres just no way you can say he cant sing. He nails every note spot on, stop hating because this cd is what successful young artists and dreams coming true …
Animal Collective - Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished (Album)
Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished is the debut record from Animal Collective. Comprised of ten tracks, three of which being instrumentals, the overall sound of the record can be characterized as experimental, psychedelic, and even fantasy-like. Although the album does have some tracks on it which I personally …
Celine Dion-Falling Into You CD
The tracks on this CD are some of the best works of Celine Dion’s career. This is the best collection of songs ever put together on any CD. From the ever powerful “It’s all coming back to me now” that is literally thunderous, to the title track “Falling into …
Animal Collective - Lablakely Dress (Song)
Lablakely Dress is a song by Animal Collective and the penultimate track on their second album entitled Danse Manatee. To begin, let me just say that after following Ahhh Good Country on the track listing, Lablakely Dress has quite an act to follow, but I will be clear and …
Metallica - Of Wolf And Man (Song)
Of Wolf And Man is my personal favorite aggressive track on The Black Album. Overall, my favorite song on this album would have to be The Unforgiven, but as far as one of the aggressive tracks on this album, Of Wolf And Man would certainly be my favorite. I …
Nirvana band
Nirvana was one of the most famous rock bands in the nineteen nineties. I believe that the band could be considered as the Michael Jacksons of grunge rock music as at the time, their weighty lyrics and heavy sludge sound begun to cause a revolution with popular rock music. …
Asphalt Cowboy - Jason Aldean (Single)
I was looking for good songs about missing someone because I recently went on a pretty long trip. Looking online someone suggested this song for me. I jumped on this song because I am an avid Jason Aldean fan. I love the meaning to his songs. Every song has …
Wow Hits 2007 Christian Contemporary CD
As a lover of contemporary Christian music, I sometimes have trouble deciding which CDs to choose. There’s Christian pop and even Christian rap these days, but when I buy a CD I usually end up liking half the songs by the artist in question and not the other half. …
Alanis Morissette
When I was much younger in the nineteen nineties, one of my favourite music artistes was the musician Alanis Morissette. At the time I had no idea what her name was even though I would see her music videos play every Saturday especially. I remember even seeing her perform …
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation (song)
Wave of Mutilation is the third song off of the pixies 1989 album Doolittle. While many state Surfer Rosa as the overall best Pixies album, I would have to disagree and say Doolittle is my favorite album of theirs. There are so many great tracks off of it, with …
You Don’t Even Call Me By My Name by David Allan Coe
You Don’t Even Call Me By My Name by David Allan Coe is a classic song to me. I used to think this song was done by Johnny Cash instead of David Allan Coe. Maybe they both did the song, I’m not sure. Either way it is a great …
‘Thinking Of You” by Katy Perry
This my favorite Katy Perry’s song. And she wrote it! She is so talented and amazing. I didn’t thought she could write a very good song like this. Now I know she’s really a talented woman.
Thinking Of You is for all the girls who lost their boyfriends, either died …
CD KISS SOLO ACE FREHLY
ACE FREHLY
Ace’s solo album is widely considered the best of the KISS solo LP’s. (well, John Denver’s sappy music was better than the other three solo KISS LP’s!)
You have to give Ace credit for really letting his talent shine through. This looks like a project he spent a …
Metallica - Phantom Lord (Song)
Overview —“ Phantom Lord, the seventh track from Metallica’s debut record Kill —˜Em All, is what I believe is one of the tracks on Kill —˜Em All which really make it clear that Metallica had significant punk influence. Along with Motorbreath, although Phantom Lord is just such a better …
Michael Learns To Rock
What has happened to Michael Learns To Rock lately..? They have not been making any music; not that I know of. They are an icon personally to me and it would be a real great loss in the music industry if they are really not there anymore. …
Soap On a Rope Music Video
Another great music video by the newly formed supergroup chickenfoot is soap on a rope. As you may or may not know Chickenfoot is a supergroup featuring Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers on drums and the …
Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Song)
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, pretty much the second half of Holiday, serves as an excellent contrast to Holiday which I will explain. It’s been said that the two songs are meant to be looked as basically one piece of music where Holiday is the party and Boulevard Of Broken …
Album : Bobby Long - A Winter Tale (2011)
Gee, i have been listening to so many singer/songwriter type albums this year that it’s getting a little ridiculous. But due to the fact that i try and check out most music that is released i feel there will be many more to come.
One of the latest singer/songwriter …
“Vampire Weekend” by Vampire Weekend
I recently discovered a band by the name of Vampire Weekend. This band’s name may sound strange, but do not let that distract you from the fact that their music is wonderful. They have such a different sound than every other band that is currently on my iPod. There …
Lady Gaga - Dance In The Dark (Song)
Dance In The Dark is a song by Lady Gaga which appears on her album The Fame Monster. The track opens up with a fairly annoying introduction which unfortunately seems to remind me of the music of the 1980s. Gaga’s vocals come in soon enough with more of a …
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number (1995) - Aaliyah
Aaliyah
“Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number
Blackground/Jive Records
Director: Millicent Shelton
“Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number” is the third video and single from Aaliyah’s debut album, also titled “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”. The song is about a girl who wants to date an older …
Green Day - 2000 Light Years Away (Song)
2000 Light Years Away is a track by Green Day which appears on their album Kerplunk. One thing I’ll note that I like right away about this song is that the bass is extremely prominent in the mix and you can also definitely hear this sense of energy coming …
Beautiful Liar (2007): Beyonce ft. Shakira
Artist: Beyonce ft. Shakira
Video: “Beautiful Liar”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Jake Nava
I would love to see the director’s cut of this music video where Beyonce and Shakira do the things that we are not supposed to see with our public virgin eyes. “Beautiful Liar” is the fifth single and music video …
Cheap Trick-Dream Police (song)
I recently bought the Cheap Trick authorized greatest hits CD and one of the songs that really appealed to me was the song, Dream Police. It’s a song that has that really catchy feel to it especially with the synthesizer melody in the background. The story of the song …
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